we are basically adopting deneen said it can be cut in half -- a means to cut the deficit in half a overour years. by 2013 the deficit is cut in half over before your fiscal years. if we can achieve those results, then i think we can say we have done what we set out to do. >> stephen, let's get you win. >> i'm wondering -- we have seen a lot of internal division among democrats in both chambers. it seems hard to get consensus on anything going to the floor, whether it be the text extenders vellbill. balad refreshments of mars are concerned about going back on -- a lot of the freshmen and sophomores are concerned about going back home to their constituents. it seems that they do not want to do that much more for this year. that they just want to go back home and run for their seats. >> pago, which has a corning name, but is substantive -- paygo, which has a corny name, but a substantive. it is everything except for the money that is provided for the troops in iraq and afghanistan. the banking bill will also be a huge amount, $10 billion to $20 billion over a time frame. the gravity of in